- The FU Heard Round the World
- The New Red Scare
- How Republicans Manufacture Anti-Abortion Panic
- Pearl-Clutching Over Mamdani
- More Grassroots Resistance to ICE
- First Amendment vs Second Amendment
- How to Defend Union Members from Politicized Firings
- Cold War on Campus
- Winona LaDuke on Winning
- Rocky Horror Has NOT Left the Building
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By Natasha Lennard
The Intercept
Trump and his acolytes have pulled an array of repressive proposals from a cartoonishly blatant playbook of fascist scapegoating — conspiracies of Jewish dark money and all. They will likely fail to bring successful prosecutions against various left and liberal groups. But we are long past the point of pretending the administration will be bound by law, or tethered to factual reality.
How Republicans Manufacture Anti-Abortion Panic
By Jessica Valenti and Kylie Cheung
Abortion, Every Day
Anti-abortion extremism is a far-right, fascist ideology—and wildly racist, sexist men are exactly the kinds of people who make up their movement. In South Carolina, a monster abortion ban up for enforcement threatens patients with the death penalty and could outlaw certain forms of birth control. There’s no overstating how extreme this legislation is.
By Kevin T. Dugan
Wall Street Journal
New York’s richest residents can’t stop talking about Mamdani, the Democratic nominee. To many of the city’s uber-wealthy, his sustained popularity has been a shock. The 33-year-old, self-described Democratic Socialist is the overwhelming favorite to win City Hall next month, on a platform that includes free buses and free child care—programs that, as the moneyed are well aware, somebody needs to shell out for.
More Grassroots Resistance to ICE
• Los Angeles By Kelvin Villegas, America
• Chicago By Sarah Conway, New York Magazine
• Washington DC By Zach D. Roberts, The Progressive
First Amendment vs Second Amendment
By Gregory P. Magarian
The Conversation
People in a democratic society need freedom to make harsh, even extreme political statements with a minimum of cultural editing. The Second Amendment protects access to lethal weapons. This combination of free speech and gun rights makes the growing problem of political violence much harder to solve.
How to Defend Union Members from Politicized Firings
By Bill Barry
Labor Notes
Can a worker be fired simply for expressing an opinion that the boss or a political group finds objectionable? These days online attackers often campaign to pressure employers to fire workers for political speech—even speech that took place on their private social media pages. Stewards have a number of tools at their disposal to defend members from these attacks.
Cold War on Campus
• Take This “Compact” and... By Phil Helsel, NBC News
• Rutgers By Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg, Truthout
• Columbia By Alice Speri, The Guardian
• CUNY By Ari Paul, Jacobin
By Winona LaDuke
Barn Raiser
This is a story about how sacred places, and sacred beings, remain protected through the work of people. This is a celebration of the protection of Mother Earth, from the freedom of the Klamath River to the shores of Mole Lake and the fertile estuary of life known as Coos Bay in Oregon.
Rocky Horror Has NOT Left the Building
By Will Tooke
HuffPost
“The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” the 1975 movie musical, occupies a unique space in pop culture, thanks to an arch-camp aesthetic, killer songs and knowing performances. It is what too many movies today are scared to be: gloriously weird. It found its audience at midnight showings that continue to this day, making “Rocky Horror” the longest-running theatrical release in history.
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